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Get Permission Following the hacking of a Florida water treatment plant, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning the operators of other plants to be on the lookout for hackers who exploit remote access software and outdated operating systems - and to take risk mitigation steps. But the advice applies to other organizations as well, some security experts say. The investigation into the breach of the water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Florida, continues. Local officials...

HealthcareInfoSecurity March 25, 2021 HealthInfoSec) • January 6, 2021     Get Permission An EHR rollout at the University of Vermont Medical Center is being delayed due to a recent ransomware incident. The lingering aftershocks of an October ransomware attack and ongoing COVID-19 response challenges are forcing the University of Vermont Health Network to delay the next phases of an enterprisewide electronic health ...

BankInfoSecurity Compliance March 29, 2021 Compliance March 29, 2021 March 31, 2021 DougOlenick) • December 31, 2020     Get Permission Ransomware gangs entered 2020 with a full and dangerous set of weapons at their disposal and then rolled out additional tools such as extortion and new distribution methods, a trend that is expected to continue into 2021. Double extortion; Trickbot and Emotet to deliver ransomware....

Get Permission The U.S. Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is alerting financial institutions about the potential for fraud, ransomware attacks or similar types of criminal activity related to COVID-19 vaccine research and distribution organizations. FinCEN reports the fraudulent acts include targeting vaccine researchers with ransomware, promising consumers early access to a COVID-19 vaccine for an extra fee and peddling fake cures. In the alert, the agency also provides instructi...

The Lazarus Group used two malware strains in recent attacks. (Source: Kaspersky) The Lazarus Group, a North Korean advanced persistent threat gang, apparently recently targeted a national ministry of health and a drug manufacturer involved in developing a COVID-19 vaccine in an attempt to steal information, according to the security firm Kaspersky. In its report, Kaspersky does not identify the two organizations that were targeted with malware. "While the group is mostly known for its financ...

Get Permission The FBI is warning that fraudsters are exploiting the recent news surrounding the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to launch schemes to steal personal information and money. The warning issued this week included input from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The alert notes that scams may involve offers for early access to vaccines by paying in advance, requests for cash to receive a va...

Get Permission Phishing email designed to look like a message from the New York State Department of Labor (Source: Abnormal Security) A recently uncovered phishing campaign is spoofing messages from the New York State Department of Labor, claiming to offer $600 as part of a COVID-19 relief program, according to researchers at Abnormal Security. The goal is to harvest personally identifiable information. This phishing campaign, which appears to have started earlier this month, may have targeted...

BankInfoSecurity May 5, 2021 Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • December 10, 2020     A map tracking outages resulting from the October 2016 DDoS attack on Dyn (Source: downdetector.com) One of those responsible for the massive Mirai-based DDoS attack launched in October 2016 that targeted domain name resolver Dyn and knocked Amazon, PayPal, Spotify, Twitter and others offline has pleaded guilty to federal charges,...